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Discovery of a new gene enables the diagnosis for patients with rare lung disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/hirst
As part of a large international research collaboration, scientists at the University of Leicester have helped identify a new candidate gene involved in the development of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD).
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Groundbreaking workshop at Space Park Leicester sparks carbon removal collaboration with UNDO
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/space-park-undo
Event with Space Park Leicester and carbon removal innovators UNDO explored potential synergies in environmental research and data science.
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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression, Latin America launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/legislative-observatory-on-freedom-of-expression-latin-america-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression Latin America launched A special project of the the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE)...
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“Of Ainu Women and Russian Prisoners: Listening for the Voice of the Other” University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/04/30/of-ainu-women-and-russian-prisoners-listening-for-the-voice-of-the-other/
Sakhalin, Bronislaw Pilsudski, political exile, Chufsamma, Ainu, indigenous tribes, prisoners, Ket, Fridtjof Nansen, Russian colonization, University of Leicester
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Sand clouds, water vapour and sulphur dioxide detected on nearby exoplanet using world-leading space telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/jwst-sand-clouds
New study that has discovered ‘sand clouds’ on a planet orbiting a nearby star using James Webb Space Telescope involves University of Leicester space scientist, using the MIRI instrument that University engineers and scientists helped design and develop.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/jwst-launch
Amongst other things, it will be able to see the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, along with studying planet formation around distant stars.
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Digital sexual cultures feminist research and engagement consortium
https://le.ac.uk/media/research/featured-projects/digital-sexual-cultures-feminist-research-and-engagement-consortium
Find out more about the digital sexual cultures feminist research and engagement consortium at the University of Leicester.
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Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo
University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems
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Emeritus Professor Ron Whittam FRS
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/ron-whittam
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Ronald Whittam FRS.